Superb flow & rhyme, Russell! 👏

Comment is about Within your eyes (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

A lot of loo-it, Uilleam.

Comment is about IF IT WA'N'T FO' THEE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

So lovely - and taught me a new word ‘binky’ 🐰

Comment is about Who Knew? (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thank you, Stephen, very kind to say.

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Ten lines of near-perfection, Ray. Beautiful and not a word wasted. Still waiting for the rain where I am.

Comment is about THE STORM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Impossible not to like this, Bryony. The joyous aspect of the poem makes it rise above the ordinary.

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

With the news that Jeremy Paxman is quitting University Challenge after the next series, events related in my poem 'If Only I'd Made the Team' will now never come to pass. Maybe I should apply for the job though. This is the opening poem from my Maytree Press pamphlet 'The Taking Part', available from my website https://joewilliams.co.uk/

Comment is about If Only I'd Made the Team (blog)

Original item by Joe Williams

Thanks Tom 🙂. This is quite an old one I wrote over a decade ago that helps me relive a certain time and place (and the sweetness and rawness of it!)

Comment is about untitled pillows (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

When women peacefully protesting their hard-earned freedoms, (including freedom of speech) on the streets of Manchester, are manhandled ie. physically assaulted, by masked men who want to silence them; when police officers stand by and refuse to come to their defence, we are in a dark and dangerous place.

Comment is about (For Salman Rushdie) (blog)

Original item by David R Mellor

Fantastic (again). I especially enjoyed the phrase "Reveling in a freelance body next to me"

Comment is about untitled pillows (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

You paint a lovely picture.

I've never met Humpty Dumpty - but I did have my face painted the other day at a 3 year old's birthday party-great fun.
🎂

Comment is about Wasteland Made Good (blog)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

"...avian aerobats" Nice one.

Comment is about When we were young (blog)

Original item by JD Russell

"...watchmen to the watchers

Of each and every back"

Several recent personal experiences had made me realise just how fortunate I am despite my whingeing; I must be less selfish.

Comment is about Potholes and craters (blog)

Original item by Martin Elder

Thank you, Greg - and I felt there was no other possible title for this one 😆

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

I recently had a trip to the Lakes -similar gorgeous views over Ullswater and Derwent Water.

Comment is about # Upside (blog)

Original item by Brenda Wells

Back with a bang Jordyn! Beautifully written, as always 🌈

Comment is about June. (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

I can only echo the previous enthusiastic comments, Bryony. And a very arresting title!

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Thanks, Stephen!

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

I believe them pantaloo-ins went for a considerable sum.

Comment is about IF IT WA'N'T FO' THEE (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

It happens frequently to me. I get in the kitchen, and forget why I went in.

Comment is about Fridge (blog)

Original item by Edbreathe

Now that's a great introduction to WOL! Great start, Bryony 👊

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Really like this poem, particularly the brevity and metaphor. And the titular section "I am the rain—you are the soil/Without intention— we make mud" is fantastic and very effective.

Comment is about We Make Mud (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Oooh, great atmosphere. Like Greg, I love the “skull full of sea” section in particular.

Comment is about Greenland (blog)

Original item by Tom

Thanks for the welcome! I’m excited to have found the WOL community and connecting with great people and words 😊

Comment is about Bryony Partridge (poet profile)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Really like the quietness and solitude you’ve captured here, Keith, and the tone is great juxtaposition to the more traditional imagery of summer.

Comment is about Night into Day (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Thank you both. I don’t often write from a place of outrage but liked the result of this when I did! And sorry to hear that the wankers on the nudist beach aren’t a new challenge, Keith 😩

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Thank you Keith! Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏼

Comment is about In the hammock (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Wow Bryony, this is excellent. A great flow and such well crafted imagery. Love it.

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Really enjoyed this Keith.

Comment is about Days of Innocence (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

Brilliant Stephen, very powerful. It's the real magic of writing to go through some struggles or pain and come out on the other side with such beautiful words.

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

"I gripped what was left of the sunset and refuelled my soul." So good Jordyn. Enjoyed this one and glad you made it through to the other side.

Comment is about June. (blog)

Original item by Jordyn Elizabeth

A poem with an unusual sensual quality which carries the reader. I particularly enjoyed the words, "My body , farts, burps and laughs" and "It shits in exultation every morning". I used to know Brighton well in my salad days. There were many wankers there then also.
A good poem which I enjoyed.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about To the man wanking at us on the nudist beach (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Welcome to WOL. I am very impressed with the poem on your profile. I look forward to reading more of your work. On this site you will meet many good people and examples of fine poetry.
Keith

Comment is about Bryony Partridge (poet profile)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Well crafted and full of vivid imagery.
Thank you for this
Keith

Comment is about In the hammock (blog)

Original item by Bryony Partridge

Good Morning Ez,

I read with interest your personal profile which is both honest and interesting. As someone far advanced in age than yourself I found your last paragraph most interesting as self discovery is vital in all our development. It is knowing who we are first and foremost then moving out into the world and experiencing life. Self discovery has to be an honest process. I look forward to reading some of you poetry or prose in the weeks and months to come
Thank you
Keith

Comment is about The life of a teen (blog)

Original item by Ez.42ha

Thank you John and Stephen, for your kind comments. I used to work as a child and adolescent mental health nurse, so I always tried to nurture them in the way I would have liked to nurture myself at that time. 😃

Kind regards,
Rasa

Comment is about Advice To My Younger Self (blog)

Original item by Rasa Kabaila

Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and press the like button - it is much appreciated. Thankyou to Julie, Stephen and John for your kind comments. It is very important to me that my mother’s story and the thousands of people that suffered under these regimes are remembered.
Julie, I think the last of these places in Ireland closed sometime in the 80’s. It is all very sad. 😓

Comment is about Imagine (blog)

Original item by Clare

Thanks for your comments, Graham and Steve. Well, these are certainly arid times, for sure. The rain hasn't reached us yet. Thanks for the Likes, Frederick, Julie, Stephen, Holden, and John.

Comment is about Drought (blog)

Original item by Greg Freeman

Beautiful words superbly combined, Julie.

Comment is about Never Let Your Rainbow Fade (rehashed) (blog)

Original item by julie callaghan

Thanks for sharing your story and the power of your poetry, Clare,
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Comment is about Imagine (blog)

Original item by Clare

Absolutely awe-inspiring, Stephen. Fierce yet tender. A real tour de force!

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

Thank you for all the likes and especially you Keith for your ability to see into the heart of things. John

Comment is about SKIN IS WEARING THIN (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Love this!

Comment is about THE STORM (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for all your incredible support Frederick, Phiip, Jennifer, Uilleam, Stephen, Holden, Clare and K. Lynn liking the poem.

Stephen, yes, this is not to be lightly!

Great, Martin, thank you so much.

Delighted that you liked this Graham. I was looking at an old notebook from 1992 a year in which I was embroiled in all sorts of marital and domestic problems. Thus the poem, but just before I put it on I re-wrote the second verse. It's one of the very few of that era that had any merit.

Ray

Comment is about BEWARE (blog)

Original item by ray pool

A beautiful sensitive piece of writing Jennifer! I couldn't help being moved by it as it elevates the status of an anonymous man by description in such loving detail. Quite outstanding , an I think Keith's comment adds extra weight to the story and fleshes it out in his own way.

Ray x

Comment is about The Moroccan (blog)

Original item by Jennifer Malden

Thanks so much for your lovely comment. It means a lot, Stephen 😀 I was inspired, if that's the right word, by getting rid of some of mum's junk. She is still with us, thankfully!

Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thank you very much for your flattering, inspiring comments Keith, Clare, Jennifer, & Julie! Truly appreciated 🌈
And thanks to all for reading & liking 🌷🌷

Comment is about The Garden (blog)

Original item by Stephen W Atkinson

There is definitely a peaceful sort of comfort in a summer's night Keith. Lovely stuff

Comment is about Night into Day (blog)

Original item by keith jeffries

A sad reflective piece reminiscent of many of us! Written with great style (of course)😉🌈

Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)

Original item by John Botterill

Thanks Stephen for your comment. I plumbed new depths of misery with this one 😣 😊
Thanks for the likes Holden, Julie and Frederick

Comment is about Sandcastles (blog)

Original item by John Botterill